Word: starting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...From the start, the big (6 ft., 190 lbs.), crew-cropped junior from Ohio State approached last week's 59th U.S. Amateur at the Broadmoor Golf Club in Colorado Springs as though it were just a casual round with his buddies back home in Columbus. Jack Nicklaus, 19, joked with opponents and officials alike, was undaunted by the tricky greens of the 7,010-yd. course hacked out of the eastern slope of the Rampart Range, 6,500 ft. above sea level. Because of the backdrop of jagged peaks, some level greens seemed to slope uphill, some uphill greens...
...boom was started by automatic pin-spotting equipment, introduced successfully for the first time by American Machine & Foundry Co. in 1952. Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co. followed with its automatic machines in 1956. Not only did the automated equipment eliminate the vagaries of pin boys, but they also made 24-hour-a-day bowling possible, caused alley owners to start big promotions, notably on TV shows, to keep the alleys busy...
With housewives in the morning and noon hours, teen-agers in the afternoons, and leagues ranging from religious groups to industrial teams, bowling has become a 24-hour-a-day sport in many parts of the country. (Texas Instruments' workers start bowling at Dallas Cotton Bowling Palace at 4 a.m. after the night shift ends.) New England, the heart of smaller-sized duck-and candlepins. is giving way to the tenpin boom. Between them A.M.F. and Brunswick claim this year they will add some 25,000 new automatic pin-setting machines in bowling alleys across the nation...
...boasts a few new passenger comforts, such as its unitized seat with fold-out table, reading lamp, call and air-flow buttons. With the jet, Delta, which put it in service from New York to Atlanta, got the jump on its chief competitor; Eastern Air Lines will not start jet service until January. For United, the coast-to-coast nonstop service came months behind the 707 flights of its chief competitors, American Airlines...
...Gillis (CBS, 8:30-9 p.m.). Max Shulman's hot-shot teen-ager is right up with the times. He even has a beatnik pal. But anybody who loves money, cars and girls cannot be all bad. The Caper at the Bijou gives the new series a fresh start...